Eublepharis angramainyu

Eublepharis angramainyu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Eublepharidae
Genus: Eublepharis
Species:
E. angramainyu
Binomial name
Eublepharis angramainyu
Anderson & Leviton, 1966
Range in Iran.[2]

Eublepharis angramainyu, also known as the Iranian fat-tailed gecko or Iraqi eyelid gecko, is a nocturnal ground-dwelling lizard native to Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria.[3] Its diet is insectivorous but may eat smaller vertebrates. Like most lizards it has the ability to shed its tail (autotomy).

The Iraqi eyelid gecko has a continuous light vertebral stripe extending from the occiput to the base of the tail, bordered on each side by broken black stripes. [4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Varol Tok, Ishmail Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Wolfgang Böhme, Pierre-André Crochet, Roberto Sindaco, Uğur Kaya, Steven Anderson, Ferdi Akarsu (2009). "Eublepharis angramainyu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164608A5911945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164608A5911945.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ irandeserts.com
  3. ^ "Iranian Fat-tailed Gecko". Smithsonian's National Zoo. 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. ^ Moradi, Naeim; Shafiei, Soheila (November 2011). "New record of the Western leopard gecko, Eublepharis angramainyu Anderson & Leviton, 1966 (Sauria: Eublepharidae) from southeastern Iran" (PDF). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation. 5 (4): 88–91.
  5. ^ TOSUNOGLU, Murât; AYAZ, Dincer; OLGUN, Kurtuluç; AFSAR, Murat (October 15, 2004). "Morphology of Eublepharis angramainyu ANDERSON & LEVITON, 1966 in Turkey" (PDF). Herpetozoa. 1: 61–62.
  6. ^ Anderson, Steven C.; Leviton, Alan E. (January 20, 1966). "A NEW SPECIES OF EUBLEPHARIS FROM SOUTHWESTERN IRAN (REPTILIA: GEKKONIDAE)" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences.


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